County · Louisiana · USDA NASS 2025

Ouachita County

cropland

$101.00/ac

LA avg $84.50

Pasture

$21.00/ac

irrigated $130.00

Soil NCCPI

0.628

LA avg 0.500

Rank · cropland

9/55

percentile 84

Δ since 2022

+12%

LA +13%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Ouachita County at $101 per acre per year, with pasture at $21/acre and irrigated ground at $130/acre. The county's soils index 0.63 (NCCPI), above the Louisiana county average of 0.50 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 12% since 2022; Ouachita County ranks 9 of 55 Louisiana counties.

All counties · 60 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Madison	137.00	180.00	13.50	0.508
2	East Carroll	136.00	190.00	—	0.546
3	Concordia	120.00	126.00	19.50	0.426
4	Avoyelles	116.00	147.00	30.50	0.571
5	Rapides	115.00	186.00	29.50	0.580
6	Tensas	111.00	149.00	—	0.485
7	Iberia	109.00	69.00	38.50	0.312
8	Franklin	107.00	179.00	37.50	0.613
9	Ouachita	101.00	130.00	21.00	0.628
10	Pointe Coupee	98.00	182.00	37.50	0.637
11	Morehouse	94.50	157.00	35.00	0.665
12	Saint Mary	88.50	—	9.80	0.207
13	Vermilion	88.00	87.50	17.00	0.365
14	Evangeline	87.50	109.00	19.50	0.533
15	Saint Landry	86.50	91.50	27.00	0.593
16	Catahoula	86.00	147.00	25.00	0.510
17	Lafayette	84.00	69.50	27.00	0.645
18	Richland	81.00	157.00	37.00	0.657
19	Saint Martin	80.00	95.00	23.50	0.267
20	Grant	77.50	93.00	29.00	0.604
21	Red River	74.50	125.00	29.00	0.667
22	Natchitoches	73.50	145.00	33.00	0.574
23	West Baton Rouge	66.50	—	—	0.553
24	Caddo	65.50	114.00	32.00	0.642
25	Acadia	62.50	86.50	31.50	0.513
26	Saint James	61.00	—	—	0.242
27	West Carroll	59.50	158.00	32.50	0.635
28	Bossier	54.50	—	29.00	0.609
29	Caldwell	52.00	107.00	18.00	0.580
30	Assumption	44.50	—	—	0.250
31	Iberville	41.00	—	16.00	0.308
32	De Soto	39.00	—	24.00	0.658
33	Washington	37.50	—	29.50	0.489
34	Winn	33.50	—	—	0.620
35	La Salle	31.50	—	16.00	0.591
36	Jackson	31.00	—	17.50	0.632
37	Allen	30.50	97.00	9.70	0.588
38	Union	30.00	—	29.00	0.601
39	Tangipahoa	29.00	—	33.00	0.507
40	East Feliciana	28.00	—	17.50	0.531
41	Saint Charles	26.50	—	17.50	0.195
42	Beauregard	26.00	53.50	9.80	0.649
43	West Feliciana	23.00	—	21.50	0.577
44	Jefferson Davis	22.00	82.00	12.00	0.470
44	Lafourche	22.00	—	11.50	0.170
44	Vernon	22.00	—	22.50	0.598
44	Webster	22.00	—	27.50	0.633
48	Sabine	20.50	—	23.00	0.595
49	Bienville	20.00	—	18.50	0.608
50	Claiborne	19.50	—	14.50	0.630
51	Lincoln	19.00	—	23.50	0.626
51	Saint Helena	19.00	—	17.50	0.544
53	East Baton Rouge	17.00	—	19.00	0.557
54	Calcasieu	15.50	46.50	12.00	0.505
55	Cameron	12.00	97.00	7.60	0.111
—	Ascension	—	—	18.50	0.393
—	Jefferson	—	—	9.70	0.228
—	Livingston	—	—	18.00	0.521
—	Plaquemines	—	—	8.30	0.119
—	Saint Tammany	—	—	22.50	0.422

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Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey, county estimates, latest published year per series. Soil productivity from USDA SSURGO (NCCPI). Planning-grade market data — not an appraisal, legal, or financial advice. Free · instant · nobody calls you.